NIAID Strategic Plan for Malaria Research

NIAID Strategic Plan for Malaria Research

ORAL PRESENTATIONS O2 Phenotypic divergence among the members of the African malaria mosquitoes and strategies of persistence throughout the dry season Tovi Lehmann1, Adama Dao2, Alpha S Yaro2, Diana L Huestis1, Moussa Diallo2, Seydou Timbiné2, Yaya Kassogué2, Alpha Adamou2,

O2 Phenotypic divergence among the members of the African malaria mosquitoes and strategies of persistence throughout the dry season Tovi Lehmann1, Adama Dao2, Alpha S Yaro2, Diana L Huestis1, Moussa Diallo2, Seydou Timbiné2, Yaya Kassogué2, Alpha Adamou2, Adama I Traoré2, Djibril Samaké2 1Laboratory of Malaria and Vector Research, NIAID, NIH, Rockville, MD, 20852, USA; 2Mali International Cent...

An Overview of the Malaria Control Programme in Zambia

The Zambian national malaria control programme has made great progress in the fight against Malaria. The country has solid, consistent, and coordinated policies, strategies, and guidelines for malaria control, with government prioritizing malaria in both the National Health Strategic Plan and the National Development Plan. This has translated into high coverage of proven and effective key preve...

Emerging Infectious Diseases: a 10-Year Perspective from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Although optimists once imagined that serious infectious disease threats would by now be conquered, newly emerging (e.g., severe acute respiratory syndrome [SARS]), reemerging (e.g., West Nile virus), and even deliberately disseminated infectious diseases (e.g., anthrax bioterrorism) continue to appear throughout the world. Over the past decade, the global effort to identify and characterize in...

Plasmodium p25 and p28 surface proteins: potential transmission-blocking vaccines.

Plasmodium P25 and P28 Surface Proteins: Potential Transmission-Blocking Vaccines Ajay K. Saxena,* Yimin Wu, and David N. Garboczi School of Life Sciences, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Mehrauli Road, New Delhi 110067, India; Malaria Vaccine Development Branch, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health (NIH), 5640 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Ma...